LESBIAN VAMPIRE KILLERS. Zod help me, it is *exactly* what it says on the tin. We need more movies of this ilk. In today’s world economy we’ve got to know what we’re getting into before we plop down $12 and devote a couple of hours to worship light and shadow in a dark room. That cost is $24+ if you’re not a loser, single guy who doesn’t get out much like, I dunno, me. The point is, movie$ co$t money$. Money to make. Money to watch. If we’re not watching, then they’re not making. We can’t have that now, can we?
We do not need hidden and/or somewhat vague meanings that must be sussed out from studious attentions. You hear me, Big Hollywood? We need more plots spelled out for us in the main titles.
You know what you’re stepping into with titles like that.
Our need for obviousness must be fed. Only the conspiracy of horror indie filmmakers are doing anything about it.
(via ontd, trailer addict, zombie strippers & lesbian vampires)
As the 8 year reign draws to a close, let’s look back on the man, the myth, The Decider.
We started out with, The George Bush You Forgot:
Some time after that, everything went pear-shaped and this is all we heard.
“I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully.” - September 2000, explaining his energy policies at an event in Michigan.
“There’s an old saying in Tennessee - I know it’s in Texas, probably in Tennessee - that says, fool me once, shame on - shame on you. Fool me - you can’t get fooled again.” - Sept. 17, 2002, in Nashville, Tenn.
“Make no mistake about it, I understand how tough it is, sir. I talk to families who die.” - Dec. 7, 2006, in a joint appearance with British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
And this is all we saw.
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It was the month of February 2007. That was the day NEXTWAVE died. My love for NEXTWAVE may border on madness. my NEXTWAVE love may be considered illegal in most states.
Look above you and you will see for panels why. No. Those panels barely do justice to NEXTWAVE. You should look at the 3 page sequence that outline why NEXTWAVE is made of win, love and a healthy dollop of self-loathing(but that’s only because you are not NEXTWAVE and must live with that for the rest of your natural lives).*
Via NEXTWAVE!
NEXTWAVE! Each link is different.
NEXTWAVE! Seriously, why aren’t you clicking these?
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In the post-Christmas malaise, I’ve set my sights on the coming year and one, very special thing, it’s offering up first. See the above(in high quality) and much more at Coraline Films: the You Tube depository of making and shooting CORALINE:
Afterwards, ogle all the CORALINE posters from A-Z at Geek Tyrant.
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Eartha Kitt, the American singer, dancer, actress and self-professed “sex-kitten” who has died aged 81, was one of the most remarkable and distinctive entertainers in the history of cabaret and the light musical stage.
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She crossed the Channel, and landed her big break in Paris in 1951, when, after giving a spellbinding and largely improvised performance at a nightclub, she was spotted by Orson Welles, who cast her in his play Time Runs, based on the Faust legend. “I didn’t know what the hell I was doing. I did what came naturally. Orson accepted it. He hardly bothered to direct me. When I asked him: ‘How old is this woman and what kind of person is she?’ he just said: ‘The reason I chose you for Helen is because you represent all women of all times.’”
It was while learning French that Eartha Kitt discovered the rolled ‘r’ that would become key to her trademark ‘grrr-owl’. She continued to perform in London, however, where her unique, sexually-charged stage persona began to emerge. “I began in England to be Eartha Kitt more than I did anywhere else,” she said.
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What’s that? No Panda Dogs for you?
Well, you know what I say to that: when all else fails, or is not given to you this year cause you were a naughty little monkey, dance.
Dance, fools DANCE!
(via dancey peanuts you tube, julie snee, and 7d who says that I saw this years ago but I really don’t recall that situation)
Twas the Night Before Christmas
A curious bit of animation made in 1974 spun around the poem of the same name. In a world where mice and humans get along, and even work together, Santa Claus is pissed. An angry letter addressed to our favorite North Pole resident makes Junctiontown the Cuba of Christmas, as far as Mr Claus is concerned. Can The Clockmaker’s invention(a big honking clock that plays music at the stroke of midnight) save the town from disappointment, lack of laughter and pony-less little girls? Probably.
Art Carney - ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas - 1954
While searching for the gem from Kid Groonk’s childhood, this odd bit was found. A beatnik approach to the classic poem. i can’t say that I like it, but I *can* say it’s unique enough to give it a go.
Today we focus on something that’s about as old as steam. Roughly 111 years old, in point of fact.
“Yes Virginia, There is a Santa Claus.”
Having shied away from this particular news article the previous few Christmases, I feel now’s the time to tackle the beast. Yes Virginia is one of those special articles that made the cross from the real world into the works of fiction. Around this particular season, its exposure triples. It is so popular that Newseum has given the 1897 New York Sun article a permanent residence.
When I first heard of this article, I was just a Kid Groonk. I remember being fascinated by its artful prose. The fact that it was real only enhanced its power. Reading it now doesn’t hold the same meaning anymore. Which is why, I suppose, ABC news writer Michael Malone has seen fit to update the classic tale of Santa’s epic… elusiveness.
Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in e-mail, or electrons, or black holes. Nobody sees Santa Claus but that doesn’t mean there is no Santa Claus. No one has seen a quark either, or a computer bit, but that’s no proof they aren’t there. The most real things in the world are those that neither children nor adults can see. Great new discoveries and wonderful acts of human kindness are made every day. Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders that are unseen or unseeable in this world.
[Read Malone's entire article at ABC NEWS]
(via abcnews)
These mounds of ice exist at much lower latitudes than any ice previously found on the red planet.
“Altogether, these glaciers almost certainly represent the largest reservoir of water ice on Mars that’s not in the polar caps,” said John Holt of the University of Texas at Austin and the main author of the study. “Just one of the features we examined is three times larger than the city of Los Angeles and up to one-half-mile thick, and there are many more.”
Water on Mars: great. Possible water source for future human settlements: fantastic. Alien locations for off-world snowboard festivals: why not?
But what I really want to know is: Does Mars have a Santa Claus? More importantly, will he fight for us or against us?
(via msnbc)
It’s a slow, easy Sunday morning on the week of Christmas Eve with the climax of Christmas Day quick to follow. The house is empty. No one will be around for hours. This is the perfect moment. The only time you’ll get for yourself all week.
It’s time to bust out the PG PORN!
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